Eighth Generation

86. Minnie FODEN⁷⁰ was born in 1901.⁸¹ She died in 1996.⁸¹ It is likely that Minnie is a nickname, the 1901 census indicates that her full name could be 'Emily L Foden)

Minnie FODEN and Arthur BROUGH were married in 1927 in St James, Congleton, Cheshire.^82,83 Arthur BROUGH was born in 1907.⁷⁶ He died on 10 Jun 1945 in Labuan, MALAYSIA.⁸⁴ From The Congleton Chronicle, 29 Sep 1995. 50 Years Ago:

A Congleton victim of Japanese brutality, L/Cpl. Arthur Brough (38), R.A.M.C., is reported by another Congleton man, who escaped with his life in the same camp, to have succumbed to inhuman treatment. His wife and two children live at 50, Astbury Street. The tragic news is conveyed in a letter to Mr and Mrs Gallimore, 52, West Street, from their son, Gunner William Gallimore, who, telling of the horrors of their prison camp from which he had just been released, wrote:"I helped Arthur Brough as much as I could, but he seemed to get every bit of trouble that was going, and that was plenty. I saw him the day before he 'went', and gave him a few sweet potatoes and celery leaves, which I managed to get from outside. He said then that he would make it all right, but I could see that he'd had it. He finished up about six stone". An insight into how the "slit-eyed toads", as he calls his captors, treated their prisoners, is furnished by the following passage in the same letter: "Every so often, they used to have a 'hate week'. We had to stand to attention while the little bastards hit us as hard as they could, kicked us with hobnailed boots and finished up by practising ju-jitsu on us. The pity about the atom bomb was that only two were dropped".

Further details from War Graves Commission:
In Memory of

ARTHUR BROUGH

Lance Corporal
T/3662562
142 Gen. Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
who died on
Sunday, 10th June 1945. Age 38.

Commemorative Information

Cemetery: LABUAN WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia

Grave Reference/Panel Number: K. B. I.

Location:
Labuan is a small island in Brunei Bay, off the coast of north-west Borneo. The cemetery lies on the right side of the Jalan Tanjong Batu road, which leads from the airport to the town. The Cemetery is approximately 0.5 kilometres from the airport and about 3 kilometres from the Island's town, Victoria. Within the Cemetery will be found the Labuan Memorial and the Labuan Cremation Memorial.
Minnie FODEN and Arthur BROUGH had the following children:

+94	i.	Living.
+95	ii.	Living.

Minnie FODEN and WOOD were married after 1960.⁸⁵ Minnie and Mr Wood didn't get married until she was a pensioner.